Amifostine With or Without Epoetin Alfa in Treating Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

RATIONALE: Amifostine may improve blood counts in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Epoetin alfa may stimulate red blood cell production and be an effective treatment for anemia in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of amifostine with or without epoetin alfa in treating patients who have myelodysplastic syndrome.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC
• Treatments: Amifostine; Epoetin Alfa

Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Confirmed diagnosis of good or intermediate prognosis myelodysplasia of one of the following types: Refractory anemia Refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts Refractory anemia with excess blasts with no greater than 10% bone marrow blasts No complex abnormalities or involvement of chromosome 7

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: 18 and over Performance status: WHO 0-2 Life expectancy: At least 3 months Hematopoietic: Hemoglobin no greater than 10 g/dL OR Transfusion requirement of at least 2 packs RBC per month AND/OR Platelet count no greater than 50,000/mm3 AND/OR Neutrophil count no greater than 1,000/mm3 Hepatic: Bilirubin no greater than 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) SGPT/ALT no greater than 2.5 times ULN Renal: Creatinine no greater than 1.5 times ULN Cardiovascular: No severe cardiac dysfunction (CTC-NCIC grade III or IV) Pulmonary: No severe pulmonary dysfunction Neurologic: No history of CNS disturbances Other: No current or recent history of allergies No other nonmalignant systemic disease Not pregnant or nursing No active uncontrolled infections Must have cytogenetics done within the past 4 months

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: At least 2 months since prior growth factors or biological response modifiers for myelodysplastic syndrome except for supportive care No other concurrent hematopoietic growth factors Chemotherapy: At least 2 months since other prior chemotherapy for myelodysplastic syndrome Endocrine therapy: No concurrent glucocorticoids No concurrent androgens Radiotherapy: Not specified Surgery: Not specified Other: No concurrent vitamin A or D derivatives